Building Agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot with the Agents Toolkit – Ignite BRK319
Presented by Robert Howard, Matthew Barbour, and Sébastien Levert at Microsoft Ignite 2025, this session details agent development for Microsoft 365 Copilot using the Agents Toolkit and SDK.
Building Agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot with the Agents Toolkit (BRK319)
Speakers: Robert Howard, Matthew Barbour, Sébastien Levert
Event: Microsoft Ignite 2025
Session Level: Advanced (300)
Session Overview
Learn how to build and bring your own agent into Microsoft 365 Copilot using the Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit. The session explores:
- Declarative Agents: Configuration-based agents with showcased examples from Persistent and Fujitsu.
- Custom Engine Agents: Deeper integration and customization options.
- The Microsoft 365 Agents SDK: Tools and resources to build, test, and deploy agents.
- Extending with Copilot APIs: Ways to securely ground answers in Microsoft 365 data.
- Real-world business automation scenarios, such as procurement and contractor management and insurance claim assessment using photo analysis models (e.g., Minstrel Model).
Key Topics and Demonstrations
- Agent Architecture: Architectural walkthrough and review of agent source code for custom implementations.
- Policy Compliance Validation: Use of Copilot Retrieval API to validate compliance through SharePoint data integration.
- Showcase Demos: Live demonstrations including procurement management and custom insurance agent solutions.
Resources
Attendees will come away with practical knowledge and examples for empowering business automation and data compliance by building flexible, secure agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot, leveraging both declarative and custom coding approaches with the Agents Toolkit and SDK.